Bettina Soriat - One Step (Austria 1997)

[Suomi]

Like putting the spirit of @cwej and @Penelope into a blender and leaving it to mix just a little bit too long.

What do we think of this incredibly modern and trendy number from one of Eurovision’s greatest years? I am amazed at the amount of space in the whole performance - the constant instrumental breaks give the whole thing an arena concert feeling. And yet you also feel quite alone.

 

[Penelope]

HATE IT/LOVE IT

Overall would give it a FOUR. Very entertaining disgusting tosh in the 1997 lineup though

 

[Penelope]

How old was she here? Did she do anything else? Where is she now? Is the answer just very obviously DEAD?!

 

[auretz]

How old was she here? Did she do anything else? Where is she now? Is the answer just very obviously DEAD?!

Her other appearance was in 1996 when she was a backing singer (shown here messing up at 1:31)



I’ve probably overrated this but almost everything in 1997 is elevated by being in that year

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

How old was she here? Did she do anything else? Where is she now? Is the answer just very obviously DEAD?!

She was 30 at the time! She was/is (who knows) in terrifying girl group in the 90s, fittingly called THREE GIRL MADHOUSE as well.



Admittedly Bettina never had the ring of a super starlet name.

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

One Step gets a 6 from me! DREADFUL BUT ALSO CAPTIVATINGLY ATTENTION GRABBING.

Bad man!!!!

 

[cwej]

I had definitely never heard this before and maybe there are some things are better staying that way.

 

[Kala]

Objectively it’s a load of tosh but I can’t help love it. It was well performed and definitely one of the modern songs of that year compared to the endless ballads of we got.

 

[Apoca]

One step forward and she will slice your head off.